26 oct 2014
Jewish settlers destroyed part of the fence surrounding the land lot of Qunaibi family in Tal Rumaida in al-Khalil on Sunday as a prelude to lay their hands on it. Local sources said that Israeli occupation forces provided protection for the settlers while destroying the fence and prevented Palestinian citizens from reaching the area.
Anti-settlement youth activists appealed to the citizens in al-Khalil to stand by the Qunaibi family and help in mending the fence.
Anti-settlement youth activists appealed to the citizens in al-Khalil to stand by the Qunaibi family and help in mending the fence.
Israeli fanatics and soldiers storm yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in Jerusalem’s Old City, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians before taking them to a number of military camps and detention centers.
Several armored Israeli vehicles invaded the town of ‘Atteel, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
A Palestinian schoolteacher, identified as Amjad Mustafa Najm, was kidnapped at a military roadblock, installed by the soldiers at the main junction of his town, Qabalan, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, soldiers handed the family of former detainee Maher Khamaysa, 27, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Salem military base for interrogation. Khamaysa previously spent seven years in Israeli detention facilities.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock at the entrance of Kufr Qoud village, west of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Abu Mashal town, and kidnaped one Palestinian, in addition to kidnapping two Palestinians in the al-Mogheer town.
The army alleges the three are members of Hamas.
Another Palestinian was kidnapped in Za’tara town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, two in Sa’ir, and two more in Beit ‘Awwa town.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers kidnapped Basel Ali Abu Hashem, 18, (a former political prisoner who spent 14 months in Israeli prisons), Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mariyya, 19(a former political prisoner who was imprisoned for a year), Ahmad Yousef Sabarna, 23, and his brother Ibrahim, 21.
Awad added that dozens of soldiers invaded homes south of Beit Ummar, especially in areas close to the Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, and that the soldiers smashed the main doors of the invaded homes, and searched the properties causing excessive damage.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, 48, and handed his 14-year-old child, Qusai, a military order for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Beit ‘Awwa town, the soldiers searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohannad Mahmoud Abu al-Ghalasy, 24, and Bassem Mohammad al-Masalma, 35.
The soldiers handed two Palestinians, identified as Bassem Isamel Shallash, 34, and Mohannad Mahmoud al-Masalma, 27, military orders for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Sa’ir town, soldiers invaded several homes and ransacked them before kidnapping Mohammad Yassin Shalalda, 45, and his son ‘Amro, 24 years of age.
In Doura town, south of Hebron, soldiers handed a number of former political prisoners military orders to head to the Etzion base for interrogation.
Four of the residents have been identified as Hussein Mohammad ‘Amro, Abdullah Rajoub, Hamad Bassam az-Zeer, and Abdullah al-‘Amayra.
In addition, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman from the Old City of occupied Jerusalem as she was trying to enter the al-Aqsa Mosque from Bab Hatta area. The woman, Samiha Jouda, was moved to an interrogation center in the city.
Also in the Old City, soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified as Dia’ Daoud Hammouda, after breaking into his home and ransacking its property, in ‘Aqbat as-Saraya neighborhood.
A number of soldiers attacked Palestinian Muslim worshipers in the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped an elderly man, identified as Abu Bakr ash-Sheemy, after assaulting him.
Local sources said groups of Israeli fanatics, and soldiers, conducted provocative tours in the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, while dozens of soldiers prevented local Palestinians from entering the area.
The army conducts daily invasions, arrests and attacks against the Palestinians, their homes and property, and against their lands, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in Jerusalem’s Old City, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians before taking them to a number of military camps and detention centers.
Several armored Israeli vehicles invaded the town of ‘Atteel, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
A Palestinian schoolteacher, identified as Amjad Mustafa Najm, was kidnapped at a military roadblock, installed by the soldiers at the main junction of his town, Qabalan, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
In al-Yamoun town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, soldiers handed the family of former detainee Maher Khamaysa, 27, a military warrant ordering him to head to the Salem military base for interrogation. Khamaysa previously spent seven years in Israeli detention facilities.
The soldiers also installed a roadblock at the entrance of Kufr Qoud village, west of Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated the passengers while inspecting their ID cards.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, dozens of soldiers invaded Deir Abu Mashal town, and kidnaped one Palestinian, in addition to kidnapping two Palestinians in the al-Mogheer town.
The army alleges the three are members of Hamas.
Another Palestinian was kidnapped in Za’tara town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, two in Sa’ir, and two more in Beit ‘Awwa town.
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers kidnapped Basel Ali Abu Hashem, 18, (a former political prisoner who spent 14 months in Israeli prisons), Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mariyya, 19(a former political prisoner who was imprisoned for a year), Ahmad Yousef Sabarna, 23, and his brother Ibrahim, 21.
Awad added that dozens of soldiers invaded homes south of Beit Ummar, especially in areas close to the Karmie Tzur illegal settlement, and that the soldiers smashed the main doors of the invaded homes, and searched the properties causing excessive damage.
The soldiers also invaded the home of Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, 48, and handed his 14-year-old child, Qusai, a military order for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Beit ‘Awwa town, the soldiers searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Mohannad Mahmoud Abu al-Ghalasy, 24, and Bassem Mohammad al-Masalma, 35.
The soldiers handed two Palestinians, identified as Bassem Isamel Shallash, 34, and Mohannad Mahmoud al-Masalma, 27, military orders for interrogation at the Etzion base.
In Sa’ir town, soldiers invaded several homes and ransacked them before kidnapping Mohammad Yassin Shalalda, 45, and his son ‘Amro, 24 years of age.
In Doura town, south of Hebron, soldiers handed a number of former political prisoners military orders to head to the Etzion base for interrogation.
Four of the residents have been identified as Hussein Mohammad ‘Amro, Abdullah Rajoub, Hamad Bassam az-Zeer, and Abdullah al-‘Amayra.
In addition, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman from the Old City of occupied Jerusalem as she was trying to enter the al-Aqsa Mosque from Bab Hatta area. The woman, Samiha Jouda, was moved to an interrogation center in the city.
Also in the Old City, soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified as Dia’ Daoud Hammouda, after breaking into his home and ransacking its property, in ‘Aqbat as-Saraya neighborhood.
A number of soldiers attacked Palestinian Muslim worshipers in the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped an elderly man, identified as Abu Bakr ash-Sheemy, after assaulting him.
Local sources said groups of Israeli fanatics, and soldiers, conducted provocative tours in the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, while dozens of soldiers prevented local Palestinians from entering the area.
The army conducts daily invasions, arrests and attacks against the Palestinians, their homes and property, and against their lands, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in and around occupied East Jerusalem.
Car crossing the line (white car) - image from video showing the incident
As Israeli right-wingers continue to gather at the site of the death of a 3-month old baby on Wednesday, reports from the police investigating the incident and eyewitnesses on the scene indicate that the incident was a hit-and-run car accident, not a deliberate attack.
21-year old Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi had been at the clinic earlier on Wednesday complaining of a fever and illness. He had returned home and gone to bed, but then went back out and was driving too fast on a Jerusalem road when he ran into a group of pedestrians with his car.
He tried to flee the scene of the crash, but was shot dead by Israeli police.
While this incident has made media headlines throughout the world, a similar incident this past Sunday, in which two five-year old Palestinian girls walking home from school were hit by an Israeli settler vehicle, killing one and critically wounding the other, has not received much press.
The settler who killed the 5-year old girl also fled the scene of the crash – he was later apprehended by Israeli police, but was not charged with any crime. Israeli police determined (without interviewing any of the numerous Palestinian witnesses who were on the scene) that it was an accident, and no charges were filed.
Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi's cousin Abed al-Shaludi told reporters with the Israeli paper Ha'aretz, “We believe that he was shot and killed in cold blood and there was no attempt to question him, and hear his side of the story, and that he deserves a funeral like everyone else.” The body of Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi remains in Israeli police custody, and the family has not been able to hold the funeral yet.
The cousin of the deceased man added, “ I still believe that he had an accident. If he wanted to carry out an attack, why did he wait until he got there? The videos don’t show that it was definitely an attack, and he might have lost control of his vehicle. For the Israelis, that’s an attack, and they shoot him to death.”
A video posted on social media, filmed from an angle above the highway, shows the car crossing the center line and hitting pedestrians who were walking in the median.
A statement by the family of the driver, published on the Israeli news website Ynetnews, states, “We are certain that this was a regular car accident. Over the past few days he did not feel well and it could be due to his illness that he lost control of the wheel. Many similar accidents have occurred in many places and there was no suspicion of a terrorist attack.”
“A few days ago a Jewish settler knocked over two girls near Ramallah. He killed one and the other is in serious condition. The police immediately said it was a car accident. In our case they said the opposite in seconds. This is because the driver was an Arab driver. When a Jewish driver was involved in an accident the attitude was different and no one shot him.”
The U.S. government immediately labeled the incident a 'terrorist attack', with State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki saying, “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem.” She said that the baby who died in the incident was reportedly a U.S. citizen.
In the clashes that have followed Wednesday's incident, another U.S. citizen child, 14-year old Orwah Hammad from New Orleans, was killed. He was shot in the head by Israeli forces on Friday.
Political analyst Rania Khalek, in an article published in The Electronic Intifada on Friday, pointed out the disparity in media coverage between Palestinians killed in ramming incidents, either deliberate or accidental, and Israelis killed in similar incidents – which are always assumed to be politically motivated attacks and not accidents.
She gives the example of,“Raed al-Jabari, a 35-year-old Palestinian father and husband, [who] hit Israeli settlers with his car in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in late July. Al-Jabari insisted it was an accident and turned himself in to the police, reported Ma’an News Agency. But unlike the settler who killed Inas Khalil (the five-year old girl killed this past Sunday), al-Jabari was jailed for two months and ultimately died under suspicious circumstances. Israeli authorities claim al-Jabari hanged himself in the bathroom at Israel’s Eshel prison, but the autopsy suggests the man was tortured to death, according to Palestinian officials.”
Khalek notes that the Palestinian representative to the United Nations filed a complaint after the ramming of the two girls on Sunday, noting that there has been an increase in the number of deliberate attacks against Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers using their vehicles as weapons in the last two months.
She writes, “In September, a six-year-old Palestinian girl was run over by a settler driver south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. In August, an eight-year-old Palestinian girl was hit by a settler vehicle in the southern West Bank, an act witnesses described as a deliberate attack. A week later, a 23-year-old Palestinian man was run over and killed by a settler vehicle in the central West Bank.
As far as this writer can tell, none of the perpetrators have been labeled “terrorists” nor have any been held accountable.“
As Israeli right-wingers continue to gather at the site of the death of a 3-month old baby on Wednesday, reports from the police investigating the incident and eyewitnesses on the scene indicate that the incident was a hit-and-run car accident, not a deliberate attack.
21-year old Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi had been at the clinic earlier on Wednesday complaining of a fever and illness. He had returned home and gone to bed, but then went back out and was driving too fast on a Jerusalem road when he ran into a group of pedestrians with his car.
He tried to flee the scene of the crash, but was shot dead by Israeli police.
While this incident has made media headlines throughout the world, a similar incident this past Sunday, in which two five-year old Palestinian girls walking home from school were hit by an Israeli settler vehicle, killing one and critically wounding the other, has not received much press.
The settler who killed the 5-year old girl also fled the scene of the crash – he was later apprehended by Israeli police, but was not charged with any crime. Israeli police determined (without interviewing any of the numerous Palestinian witnesses who were on the scene) that it was an accident, and no charges were filed.
Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi's cousin Abed al-Shaludi told reporters with the Israeli paper Ha'aretz, “We believe that he was shot and killed in cold blood and there was no attempt to question him, and hear his side of the story, and that he deserves a funeral like everyone else.” The body of Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi remains in Israeli police custody, and the family has not been able to hold the funeral yet.
The cousin of the deceased man added, “ I still believe that he had an accident. If he wanted to carry out an attack, why did he wait until he got there? The videos don’t show that it was definitely an attack, and he might have lost control of his vehicle. For the Israelis, that’s an attack, and they shoot him to death.”
A video posted on social media, filmed from an angle above the highway, shows the car crossing the center line and hitting pedestrians who were walking in the median.
A statement by the family of the driver, published on the Israeli news website Ynetnews, states, “We are certain that this was a regular car accident. Over the past few days he did not feel well and it could be due to his illness that he lost control of the wheel. Many similar accidents have occurred in many places and there was no suspicion of a terrorist attack.”
“A few days ago a Jewish settler knocked over two girls near Ramallah. He killed one and the other is in serious condition. The police immediately said it was a car accident. In our case they said the opposite in seconds. This is because the driver was an Arab driver. When a Jewish driver was involved in an accident the attitude was different and no one shot him.”
The U.S. government immediately labeled the incident a 'terrorist attack', with State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki saying, “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem.” She said that the baby who died in the incident was reportedly a U.S. citizen.
In the clashes that have followed Wednesday's incident, another U.S. citizen child, 14-year old Orwah Hammad from New Orleans, was killed. He was shot in the head by Israeli forces on Friday.
Political analyst Rania Khalek, in an article published in The Electronic Intifada on Friday, pointed out the disparity in media coverage between Palestinians killed in ramming incidents, either deliberate or accidental, and Israelis killed in similar incidents – which are always assumed to be politically motivated attacks and not accidents.
She gives the example of,“Raed al-Jabari, a 35-year-old Palestinian father and husband, [who] hit Israeli settlers with his car in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in late July. Al-Jabari insisted it was an accident and turned himself in to the police, reported Ma’an News Agency. But unlike the settler who killed Inas Khalil (the five-year old girl killed this past Sunday), al-Jabari was jailed for two months and ultimately died under suspicious circumstances. Israeli authorities claim al-Jabari hanged himself in the bathroom at Israel’s Eshel prison, but the autopsy suggests the man was tortured to death, according to Palestinian officials.”
Khalek notes that the Palestinian representative to the United Nations filed a complaint after the ramming of the two girls on Sunday, noting that there has been an increase in the number of deliberate attacks against Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers using their vehicles as weapons in the last two months.
She writes, “In September, a six-year-old Palestinian girl was run over by a settler driver south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. In August, an eight-year-old Palestinian girl was hit by a settler vehicle in the southern West Bank, an act witnesses described as a deliberate attack. A week later, a 23-year-old Palestinian man was run over and killed by a settler vehicle in the central West Bank.
As far as this writer can tell, none of the perpetrators have been labeled “terrorists” nor have any been held accountable.“
25 oct 2014
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, after midnight Friday and served a summons to a young man. Local sources said that the Israeli troops were met with a hail of stones and empty bottles and responded by firing teargas and sound bombs before retreating from the camp.
Earlier afternoon Friday, IOF soldiers arrested a young man at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city in the wake of violent confrontations in the city.
Meanwhile, similar confrontations were reported in Salfit after IOF soldiers, along with an intelligence officer, broke into the city at dawn Saturday and served summonses to two liberated prisoners.
Locals said that inhabitants threw stones and empty bottles at the troops and chanted pro-Aqsa slogans.
In a related incident, Jewish settlers opened fire at a Palestinian car while passing along the Nablus-Qalqilia road on Saturday morning.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a Palestinian taxicab came under settlers’ fire while carrying a Nablus family to Qalqilia, adding that its windows were smashed in the incident but no casualties were suffered.
Earlier afternoon Friday, IOF soldiers arrested a young man at the northern entrance to Bethlehem city in the wake of violent confrontations in the city.
Meanwhile, similar confrontations were reported in Salfit after IOF soldiers, along with an intelligence officer, broke into the city at dawn Saturday and served summonses to two liberated prisoners.
Locals said that inhabitants threw stones and empty bottles at the troops and chanted pro-Aqsa slogans.
In a related incident, Jewish settlers opened fire at a Palestinian car while passing along the Nablus-Qalqilia road on Saturday morning.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a Palestinian taxicab came under settlers’ fire while carrying a Nablus family to Qalqilia, adding that its windows were smashed in the incident but no casualties were suffered.
24 oct 2014
Dozens of Israeli rightists late Thursday protested at the site of a suspected attack which left a three-month-old baby dead, witnesses said.
Protesters held aloft signs reading "Death to Arabs!" and "Revenge" by the Ammunition Hill light rail station in Sheikh Jarrah.
There were reports of attempted assaults on Palestinians as they crossed the road in the area, with Israeli forces deploying to prevent such incidents.
Protesters held aloft signs reading "Death to Arabs!" and "Revenge" by the Ammunition Hill light rail station in Sheikh Jarrah.
There were reports of attempted assaults on Palestinians as they crossed the road in the area, with Israeli forces deploying to prevent such incidents.
23 oct 2014
A Palestinian woman was injured after an unknown assailant hurled a rock at her as she walked through the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem on Thursday, Israeli sources said.
The rock attack, which hit the woman in the head as she passed through the neighborhood, left her lightly injured.
Paramedics treated her on the scene and local police opened an investigation into the incident.
The attack comes in the wake of clashes and mounting tensions across Jerusalem a day after a young Palestinian man drove his car into a light rail stop, killing one and injuring eight others. The man was shot dead by police on the scene.
Although his family has said their son lost control of the car, Israeli authorities have deemed the incident a "terrorist attack."
The Jewish Quarter, where the attack on the Palestinian woman occurred on Thursday, is located in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.
After the area was occupied by Israeli forces in 1967, around 6,000 Palestinians from nearby areas were summarily evicted in order to massively expand the small Jewish quarter that historically existed in the area.
Palestinians today consider the area to be a settlement due to the widespread destruction of Palestinian property in the area and its replacement with buildings and services targeting an exclusively Jewish residential population.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
The rock attack, which hit the woman in the head as she passed through the neighborhood, left her lightly injured.
Paramedics treated her on the scene and local police opened an investigation into the incident.
The attack comes in the wake of clashes and mounting tensions across Jerusalem a day after a young Palestinian man drove his car into a light rail stop, killing one and injuring eight others. The man was shot dead by police on the scene.
Although his family has said their son lost control of the car, Israeli authorities have deemed the incident a "terrorist attack."
The Jewish Quarter, where the attack on the Palestinian woman occurred on Thursday, is located in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.
After the area was occupied by Israeli forces in 1967, around 6,000 Palestinians from nearby areas were summarily evicted in order to massively expand the small Jewish quarter that historically existed in the area.
Palestinians today consider the area to be a settlement due to the widespread destruction of Palestinian property in the area and its replacement with buildings and services targeting an exclusively Jewish residential population.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
At approximately 09:30, on October 22nd, settlers from the illegal settlement of Yizhar set fire to a Palestinian olive field above Huwwara village, just outside of Nablus.
The settlers sat the land on fire from the top of the hill. People from the village started fighting the fire, but suddenly the wind turned and the flames started moving towards the illegal settlement on the top of the hill.
At this point the settlers started fighting their own fire, to prevent damage to their illegal buildings.
The owner of the land, Nasser Jihad Mufdi Houwwari, spoke to ISM about his previous experiences with settlers, in 2002 settlers from Yizhar shot Nasser in the shoulder with two bullets. Nasser continued to state that they [the settlers] threaten him and damage his properties every year, however this is the first time they burnt such a large area of his land.
Details: http://www.imemc.org/article/69476
The settlers sat the land on fire from the top of the hill. People from the village started fighting the fire, but suddenly the wind turned and the flames started moving towards the illegal settlement on the top of the hill.
At this point the settlers started fighting their own fire, to prevent damage to their illegal buildings.
The owner of the land, Nasser Jihad Mufdi Houwwari, spoke to ISM about his previous experiences with settlers, in 2002 settlers from Yizhar shot Nasser in the shoulder with two bullets. Nasser continued to state that they [the settlers] threaten him and damage his properties every year, however this is the first time they burnt such a large area of his land.
Details: http://www.imemc.org/article/69476
The Palestinian driver, Abdul-Rahman a-Shaludi 23, was killed at the scene
An Israeli female settler was killed and eight others were wounded, two of them seriously, when a Palestinian young man ran over them near a light railroad station in occupied Jerusalem. The driver was identified as Abdul-Rahman a-Shaludi, an ex-detainee from Jerusalem, according to Israeli news reports.
The Israeli media claimed that Shaludi was shot dead by policemen at the scene and his body was transferred to a hospital in the holy city.
The Israeli police accused him of deliberately hitting the settlers after they alighted from a light train in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, although his family told journalists later that the incident had been an accident,
Abdul-Rahman a-Shaludi had been released from an Israeli jail several months ago after he had served a 14-month term on allegations of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
Consequently, the Israeli police's killing of the young man triggered yesterday violent clashes with Israeli troops near Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Ramallah said that more than 10 young protestors suffered injuries, two of them were seriously wounded by live bullets during the events.
The reporter added that the Israeli occupation forces intensively fired live bullets to disperse the angry young men, who responded by throwing stones, fireworks and Molotov cocktails.
Similar confrontations also took place in other areas of occupied Jerusalem.
Last Sunday, a Jewish settler had deliberately drove his car into two Palestinian schoolgirls as they got off a school bus in the West Bank town of Sinjil.
Five-year-old Inas Khalil died a few hours later and eight-year-old Nilin Asfour was seriously injured.
The settler was released later by the Israeli police.
Overnight Attacks By Settlers Target Palestinian Homes In Jerusalem
Many Palestinians Injured By Army Fire
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked, overnight, several Palestinian homes in Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked residents, cars and homes with stones, sticks and sharp objects.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said settler groups hurled stones at cars, homes and property, causing excessive property damage, before attacking and wounding several Palestinians.
Silwanic said clashes, lasting all night, took place between Israeli soldiers and local Palestinians in various neighborhoods, alleys and towns, in occupied Jerusalem, especially in Silwan, south of the al-Aqsa Mosque, Shu’fat refugee camp, Mount Of Olives, and the Suwwana neighborhood.
The Israeli army and police also placed concrete blocks closing various roads leading to Arab villages and towns, in occupied Jerusalem.
Silwan is the town were Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi, 20, was shot and seriously injured, on Wednesday, by light-rail Israeli guards, and died from his wounds, shortly after midnight, at the Israeli Hospital.
Shalloudi was shot by three rounds of live ammunition, one directly in his liver.
Silwanic said a child, identified as Fatima Kayed Panjabi, 11, and her cousin Ahmad Wa’el Rajabi, 4, were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, along with four other young men, who were shot by live rounds, and were all hospitalized.
The army fired rounds of live ammunition at the beginning of the clashes that extended to various neighborhoods in Silwan, close to the home of Shalloudi, before the soldiers fired dozens of concussion grenades and gas bombs at local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the home of Shalloudi, and violently searched it, causing excessive property damage.
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers invaded the Shu’fat refugee camp; the soldiers fired gas bombs, and rounds of live ammunition, especially after local protesters managed to burn a military tower.
Lawyer of the ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Mohammad Mahmoud, tried to visit Shalloudi, before he died at an Israeli hospital, but the army prevented him, and informed him “he cannot visit Shalloudi because he is under arrest, and cannot have visits.”
Israel is alleging Shalloudi “deliberately” rammed his vehicle into a group of pedestrians near the Ammunition Hill light rail stop, causing the death of a three-month-old Israeli infant, while at least six others were hurt.
Israeli Ynet News said Shalloudi was “driving at the maximum speed into the pedestrians," and that he was shot “while attempting to flee the scene.”
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, the 15-year-old brother of Shalloudi, after invading their home, and attacked their father.
During the funeral ceremony of the Israeli child, Israeli President Rueveln Rivilin charged that the incident was an “intentional attack” fueled by what he called “murder and hatred” that led to the death of the child.
He claimed that there is a “dangerous level of incitement” in the Arab streets in Jerusalem, and accused Arab leaders throughout the country of participating in the alleged incitement.
Eyewitnesses to the incident said Shalloudi lost control over his car due to high speed, before he rammed into a group of Israelis waiting for the light rail.
They said Shalloudi did not attempt to escape, and exited his car after the incident, before he was shot and seriously injured.
The Israeli police said nine Israeli pedestrians were injured, three seriously.
Shalloudi is a former political prisoner who was released from an Israeli prison on December 22, 2013, after spending 16 months in detention.
He was arrested again this past February, and was released a month later.
An Israeli female settler was killed and eight others were wounded, two of them seriously, when a Palestinian young man ran over them near a light railroad station in occupied Jerusalem. The driver was identified as Abdul-Rahman a-Shaludi, an ex-detainee from Jerusalem, according to Israeli news reports.
The Israeli media claimed that Shaludi was shot dead by policemen at the scene and his body was transferred to a hospital in the holy city.
The Israeli police accused him of deliberately hitting the settlers after they alighted from a light train in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, although his family told journalists later that the incident had been an accident,
Abdul-Rahman a-Shaludi had been released from an Israeli jail several months ago after he had served a 14-month term on allegations of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
Consequently, the Israeli police's killing of the young man triggered yesterday violent clashes with Israeli troops near Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Ramallah said that more than 10 young protestors suffered injuries, two of them were seriously wounded by live bullets during the events.
The reporter added that the Israeli occupation forces intensively fired live bullets to disperse the angry young men, who responded by throwing stones, fireworks and Molotov cocktails.
Similar confrontations also took place in other areas of occupied Jerusalem.
Last Sunday, a Jewish settler had deliberately drove his car into two Palestinian schoolgirls as they got off a school bus in the West Bank town of Sinjil.
Five-year-old Inas Khalil died a few hours later and eight-year-old Nilin Asfour was seriously injured.
The settler was released later by the Israeli police.
Overnight Attacks By Settlers Target Palestinian Homes In Jerusalem
Many Palestinians Injured By Army Fire
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked, overnight, several Palestinian homes in Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked residents, cars and homes with stones, sticks and sharp objects.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said settler groups hurled stones at cars, homes and property, causing excessive property damage, before attacking and wounding several Palestinians.
Silwanic said clashes, lasting all night, took place between Israeli soldiers and local Palestinians in various neighborhoods, alleys and towns, in occupied Jerusalem, especially in Silwan, south of the al-Aqsa Mosque, Shu’fat refugee camp, Mount Of Olives, and the Suwwana neighborhood.
The Israeli army and police also placed concrete blocks closing various roads leading to Arab villages and towns, in occupied Jerusalem.
Silwan is the town were Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi, 20, was shot and seriously injured, on Wednesday, by light-rail Israeli guards, and died from his wounds, shortly after midnight, at the Israeli Hospital.
Shalloudi was shot by three rounds of live ammunition, one directly in his liver.
Silwanic said a child, identified as Fatima Kayed Panjabi, 11, and her cousin Ahmad Wa’el Rajabi, 4, were shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, along with four other young men, who were shot by live rounds, and were all hospitalized.
The army fired rounds of live ammunition at the beginning of the clashes that extended to various neighborhoods in Silwan, close to the home of Shalloudi, before the soldiers fired dozens of concussion grenades and gas bombs at local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
Dozens of soldiers invaded the home of Shalloudi, and violently searched it, causing excessive property damage.
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers invaded the Shu’fat refugee camp; the soldiers fired gas bombs, and rounds of live ammunition, especially after local protesters managed to burn a military tower.
Lawyer of the ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Mohammad Mahmoud, tried to visit Shalloudi, before he died at an Israeli hospital, but the army prevented him, and informed him “he cannot visit Shalloudi because he is under arrest, and cannot have visits.”
Israel is alleging Shalloudi “deliberately” rammed his vehicle into a group of pedestrians near the Ammunition Hill light rail stop, causing the death of a three-month-old Israeli infant, while at least six others were hurt.
Israeli Ynet News said Shalloudi was “driving at the maximum speed into the pedestrians," and that he was shot “while attempting to flee the scene.”
It is worth mentioning that the army kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, the 15-year-old brother of Shalloudi, after invading their home, and attacked their father.
During the funeral ceremony of the Israeli child, Israeli President Rueveln Rivilin charged that the incident was an “intentional attack” fueled by what he called “murder and hatred” that led to the death of the child.
He claimed that there is a “dangerous level of incitement” in the Arab streets in Jerusalem, and accused Arab leaders throughout the country of participating in the alleged incitement.
Eyewitnesses to the incident said Shalloudi lost control over his car due to high speed, before he rammed into a group of Israelis waiting for the light rail.
They said Shalloudi did not attempt to escape, and exited his car after the incident, before he was shot and seriously injured.
The Israeli police said nine Israeli pedestrians were injured, three seriously.
Shalloudi is a former political prisoner who was released from an Israeli prison on December 22, 2013, after spending 16 months in detention.
He was arrested again this past February, and was released a month later.
22 oct 2014
UN Palestine: Israel responsible for settler assaults
Israeli colonial settlers, in the town of Huwwara, to the south of Nablus, torched approximately 100 olive trees on Wednesday, according to local activist Ghassan Douglas.
WAFA correspondence reports that a number of settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of ‘Yitzhar’ set fire to around 100 olive trees belonging to the Khamoos and Salim families, said Douglas, who is in charge of the settlements file at the Palestinian Authority, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Confrontations reportedly erupted between settlers and land owners who were harvesting their olive trees at the time; no injuries were reported.
Settlers target Palestinians each year during the olive harvesting season, either by destroying their cops, attacking farmers or by preventing them from accessing their land.
Such attacks are aimed at further disenfranchising and disposessing Palestinians from their land, in order to make way for increasing illegal settlement expansion.
The Permanent Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, this past Monday, stated that the Israeli government is responsible for all crimes committed by colonial settlers in the occupied Palestinian territorities, including East Jerusalem.
The statement came as head of the mission, Riyad Mansour, sent identical letters to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, the President of the Security Council and the President of the General Assembly on Israeli Settlers terrorism against Palestinian people:
“On a nearly daily basis, Israeli settlers continue with their terror rampages, persisting with attacks on Palestinian civilians, destruction of properties, and theft of land and natural resources,” said Mansour, referring to the deliberate killing of 4-year-old Inas Dar Khalil, a Palestinian kindergartener who was killed Saturday, after an Israel settler ran over her with his car near Ramallah.
See: TV Report On Palestinian Child Rammed To Death By A Settler’s Car
“It should also be mentioned, that this so-called 'hit and run' accident has become a reoccurring deadly practice by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian civilian population,” noted Mansour.
In his letter, Mansour further addressed similar “hit-and-run” incidents carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians.
The Palestinian diplomat also referenced the continuing Israeli incitement and provocative actions against holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, the most recent of which involved violent confrontations which erupted following a provocative visit by the Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Moshe Feiglin.
Mansour called on Israel to “hold the perpetrators of such crimes accountable and to act to avert the continuation of these criminal, provocative attacks, which are aggravating tension and religious sensitivities between the two sides, further stoking anger and rage and deepening mistrust.”
Such acts of settler provocation are often overlooked and even facilitated by Israeli authorities, in addition to their own violations against the Palestinian people, who now make up the largest refugee group in the entire world, according to UN statistics.
WAFA further reports that, in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday, Israeli forces arrested eight Palestinians in the districts of Jenin and Hebron, as well as five fishermen offshore the coasts of Gaza, according to local and security sources.
In Jenin, Israeli forces conducted invasions into several areas in the region, where they abducted two Palestinians aged 19 and 20 from the town of Araba, following a search raid on their homes. The two have been identified as Jaafar and Fawzi Abu Salah.
Two others were also taken from Jenin City. They were identified as 20-year-old Mu’min Arqawi, who was kidnapped from his house after it was ransacked by soldiers during another raid. The other, one Fuad al-Sayyid, age 40, was reportedly detained for several hours before being released.
Later on Wednesday, the army took Ahmad Abu Zaid, 24, and Bashar al-Qasrawi, 21, after raiding their houses in Jenin, while 50-year-old Isam Hammad was abducted from the nearby town of Arraba, after Israeli soldiers broke into his house.
Israeli soldiers additionally stormed the town of Zababdeh, to the south of Jenin, where they stationed military vehicles in its streets, raided and searched two houses before arresting one Ahmad Sharqawi.
To the west of Jenin, in the village of Zaboba, forces stormed the village while firing tear gas and sound bombs in the direction of local residents, causing many cases of suffocation. No arrests were reported, however.
In occupied Hebron, forces kidnapped Mohammad Sbatin, 21 years old, from the village of Hosan, to the west of Bethlehem, while he was trying to enter Jerusalem for work, under the pretext that he was trying to enter without a permit.
WAFA notes that Palestinians require permits to enter the city of Jerusalem, either for work or for leisure. Israeli authorities rarely issue such permits, forcing Palestinians to search for alternative ways to enter the city.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces additionally raided and searched several homes in the town of Taqou, to the east of Bethlehem, though no arrests were reported.
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli naval boats abducted five Palestinian fishermen from the Bakir family as they fished offshore of al-Sodaniyeh, to the northwest of Gaza City. Thedetainees were identified as Majed, the father, his three sons; Omar, Faris, Fadi, and their cousin Ahmad.
Israeli forces target Gaza fishermen on a near-daily basis, even despite recent ceasefire agreements between Palestinian resistance and the Israeli military which call for expansion of the 6 nautical mile limit for fishing in the Gaza Sea.
Israeli colonial settlers, in the town of Huwwara, to the south of Nablus, torched approximately 100 olive trees on Wednesday, according to local activist Ghassan Douglas.
WAFA correspondence reports that a number of settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of ‘Yitzhar’ set fire to around 100 olive trees belonging to the Khamoos and Salim families, said Douglas, who is in charge of the settlements file at the Palestinian Authority, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Confrontations reportedly erupted between settlers and land owners who were harvesting their olive trees at the time; no injuries were reported.
Settlers target Palestinians each year during the olive harvesting season, either by destroying their cops, attacking farmers or by preventing them from accessing their land.
Such attacks are aimed at further disenfranchising and disposessing Palestinians from their land, in order to make way for increasing illegal settlement expansion.
The Permanent Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, this past Monday, stated that the Israeli government is responsible for all crimes committed by colonial settlers in the occupied Palestinian territorities, including East Jerusalem.
The statement came as head of the mission, Riyad Mansour, sent identical letters to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, the President of the Security Council and the President of the General Assembly on Israeli Settlers terrorism against Palestinian people:
“On a nearly daily basis, Israeli settlers continue with their terror rampages, persisting with attacks on Palestinian civilians, destruction of properties, and theft of land and natural resources,” said Mansour, referring to the deliberate killing of 4-year-old Inas Dar Khalil, a Palestinian kindergartener who was killed Saturday, after an Israel settler ran over her with his car near Ramallah.
See: TV Report On Palestinian Child Rammed To Death By A Settler’s Car
“It should also be mentioned, that this so-called 'hit and run' accident has become a reoccurring deadly practice by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian civilian population,” noted Mansour.
In his letter, Mansour further addressed similar “hit-and-run” incidents carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians.
The Palestinian diplomat also referenced the continuing Israeli incitement and provocative actions against holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, the most recent of which involved violent confrontations which erupted following a provocative visit by the Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Moshe Feiglin.
Mansour called on Israel to “hold the perpetrators of such crimes accountable and to act to avert the continuation of these criminal, provocative attacks, which are aggravating tension and religious sensitivities between the two sides, further stoking anger and rage and deepening mistrust.”
Such acts of settler provocation are often overlooked and even facilitated by Israeli authorities, in addition to their own violations against the Palestinian people, who now make up the largest refugee group in the entire world, according to UN statistics.
WAFA further reports that, in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday, Israeli forces arrested eight Palestinians in the districts of Jenin and Hebron, as well as five fishermen offshore the coasts of Gaza, according to local and security sources.
In Jenin, Israeli forces conducted invasions into several areas in the region, where they abducted two Palestinians aged 19 and 20 from the town of Araba, following a search raid on their homes. The two have been identified as Jaafar and Fawzi Abu Salah.
Two others were also taken from Jenin City. They were identified as 20-year-old Mu’min Arqawi, who was kidnapped from his house after it was ransacked by soldiers during another raid. The other, one Fuad al-Sayyid, age 40, was reportedly detained for several hours before being released.
Later on Wednesday, the army took Ahmad Abu Zaid, 24, and Bashar al-Qasrawi, 21, after raiding their houses in Jenin, while 50-year-old Isam Hammad was abducted from the nearby town of Arraba, after Israeli soldiers broke into his house.
Israeli soldiers additionally stormed the town of Zababdeh, to the south of Jenin, where they stationed military vehicles in its streets, raided and searched two houses before arresting one Ahmad Sharqawi.
To the west of Jenin, in the village of Zaboba, forces stormed the village while firing tear gas and sound bombs in the direction of local residents, causing many cases of suffocation. No arrests were reported, however.
In occupied Hebron, forces kidnapped Mohammad Sbatin, 21 years old, from the village of Hosan, to the west of Bethlehem, while he was trying to enter Jerusalem for work, under the pretext that he was trying to enter without a permit.
WAFA notes that Palestinians require permits to enter the city of Jerusalem, either for work or for leisure. Israeli authorities rarely issue such permits, forcing Palestinians to search for alternative ways to enter the city.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces additionally raided and searched several homes in the town of Taqou, to the east of Bethlehem, though no arrests were reported.
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli naval boats abducted five Palestinian fishermen from the Bakir family as they fished offshore of al-Sodaniyeh, to the northwest of Gaza City. Thedetainees were identified as Majed, the father, his three sons; Omar, Faris, Fadi, and their cousin Ahmad.
Israeli forces target Gaza fishermen on a near-daily basis, even despite recent ceasefire agreements between Palestinian resistance and the Israeli military which call for expansion of the 6 nautical mile limit for fishing in the Gaza Sea.
A horde of Israeli extremist settlers sprayed-painted anti-Muslim graffiti, insulting Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) and the Muslim creed, on the walls of a sports club based in Lod city, in 1948 occupied Palestine.
Media reports quoted eye-witnesses as stating that the Jewish gangs daubed the insulting graffiti in the presence of the Israeli occupation municipality staff.
The racist slurs sparked a torrent of rage among the Muslim youngsters hanging around the club.
Anti-Muslim campaigns of the sort cropped up over the past few days in a public park in Haifa and on the walls of a sacred Islamic shrine in Tulkarem as part of a larger Israeli Judaization and anti-Muslim crusade targeting the sacred character of such holy sites and aimed at wiping out the historically Islamic idiosyncrasy of the Palestinian territories.
Media reports quoted eye-witnesses as stating that the Jewish gangs daubed the insulting graffiti in the presence of the Israeli occupation municipality staff.
The racist slurs sparked a torrent of rage among the Muslim youngsters hanging around the club.
Anti-Muslim campaigns of the sort cropped up over the past few days in a public park in Haifa and on the walls of a sacred Islamic shrine in Tulkarem as part of a larger Israeli Judaization and anti-Muslim crusade targeting the sacred character of such holy sites and aimed at wiping out the historically Islamic idiosyncrasy of the Palestinian territories.